Traffic Incidents

A 57-year-old Eastpointe man is in “extremely critical condition,” according to Roseville Police Chief James Berlin, after a crash occurred at Tim Hortons on Groesbeck Highway north of Martin Road at approximately 7:30 a.m. May 30.

Police believe the man was driving out of the restaurant and failed to yield before driving onto southbound Groesbeck.

“He was pulling out of a Tim Hortons and failed to yield to traffic on Groesbeck, and was hit broadside,” said Berlin.

A preliminary investigation indicated that a 55-year-old Detroit man was operating the commercial vehicle — for Heavy Metal Trucking in Warren — when it collided with vehicles that were stopped or preparing to stop for a red light on northbound M-53, south of 32 Mile Road.

WARREN — A 42-year-old Grosse Pointe woman remained in critical condition May 18, more than 24 hours after a chunk of concrete broke away from the roadway on westbound Interstate 696, near Hoover, and smashed through the window of her vehicle.

“It’s actually part of 696 proper,” Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said, confirming that the material came from the road surface and not a bridge over the freeway.

WARREN — Gnashing metal scraped across concrete as 20 tons of steel shifted. The semi careened and came to rest on its side, crushing a Chevy Impala.

Warren firefighters dispatched to the scene of a rollover crash on the ramp from eastbound Interstate 696 to northbound Mound Road just after 3 p.m. May 1 didn’t know what they’d find, but they carried the tools they needed to free a 55-year-old Hazel Park man from the wreckage.

SOUTHFIELD/LATHRUP VILLAGE — Using 2016 data provided by the Michigan State Police, Michigan Auto Law, a group of auto accident attorneys, compiled a list of the “Top 20 Most Dangerous Intersections,” ranking the intersection of Telegraph and 12 Mile roads third.

ROSEVILLE — Jerry Tranchmontagne, a 27-year Roseville resident, is fed up with the number of crashes he’s seen on the westbound Interstate 696 freeway service drive west of Gratiot Avenue and has decided to take matters into his own hands to get the issue fixed.

His concern is that the low curb height and high speeds of drivers have contributed to numerous crashes on 11 Mile Road between Gratiot and Groveland Street.

A Roseville Police Department investigation is taking place after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian at Gratiot Avenue and Frazho Road at approximately 10:30 p.m. April 4.

The pedestrian, a 39-year-old Roseville man, was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to a police press release April 4.

The driver of the vehicle involved in the crash, a black 2004 Saturn Ion, was a 58-year-old Warren man. According to police April 5, the pedestrian walked into the left travel lane of Gratiot about 500 feet north of Frazho.

Sterling Heights police have arrested a Troy man following an after-midnight fatal crash involving two vehicles.

According to a police report, a Ford F-150 pickup and a Chrysler Pacifica minivan collided at around 12:47 a.m. March 14 on Ryan Road in Sterling Heights. Officers have concluded so far that the impact occurred after one of the vehicles crossed the center lane on Ryan, north of Metropolitan Parkway, the report said.

Roseville police said that a 65-year-old Roseville resident suffered a “medical event” at approximately 9:30 a.m. March 5 while driving westbound on 12 Mile Road near Hayes Road, which caused him to lose control of his vehicle and crash into several traffic signs before hitting a Wendy’s restaurant on the west side of Hayes in Warren.

Roseville Fire Department paramedics transported the motorist to a local hospital, where he died, according to Roseville police.

A man died in the early morning hours March 6 after he darted into the path of an ambulance, police said.

According to a news release from Deputy Chief Nick Loussia, of the Southfield Police Department, the incident occurred around around 4:40 a.m. March 6, when a Southfield Fire Department life support unit was transporting a patient to Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills.

Loussia said the ambulance was traveling southbound on Telegraph, south of Nine Mile, when the ambulance struck a pedestrian.

The Troy police and fire departments were dispatched to the scene of a rollover accident just before 6 p.m. Feb. 24 after a minivan reportedly rolled over and landed upside down in a creek along Square Lake Road, east of Rochester Road.

Troy Assistant Fire Chief Richard Riesterer said initial reports indicated that the driver was trapped inside the vehicle, but bystanders had helped the driver out of the vehicle by the time police, fire and medical personnel arrived. The driver was treated at the scene and was transported to Beaumont Hospital, Troy, according to reports.

ROSEVILLE — The intersection of eastbound 11 Mile Road and Groveland Street was closed for about five hours Jan. 30 so that police could investigate a crash involving a Ford SUV and a Roseville school bus that had occurred at approximately 3 p.m.

“The bus was east on 11 Mile, the SUV was southbound on Groveland and crossed into the intersection. A collision took place between the vehicles,” Roseville Deputy Police Chief Donald Glandon said in a press release.

UTICA — At approximately 4:12 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, police responded to the area of Hall and Schoenherr roads for reports of a head-on collision between two cars.

Police determined that a 40-year-old Sterling Heights man in a gold 2000 Saturn sedan had been traveling north in the southbound lanes of Schoenherr Road and struck a 29-year-old Eastpointe man in a silver 2010 Chevrolet Aveo traveling south, just north of Northpointe Boulevard.

A 65-year-old Shelby Township woman was driving west on 24 Mile Road when her silver 2014 Ford Focus crossed the center line into eastbound traffic and collided head-on with an eastbound silver 2013 Toyota Sienna driven by a 46-year-old Shelby Township woman, according to a police press release.

An early morning accident on Mound Road involving an SUV and a pedestrian led to the latter’s death Jan. 27, according to Sterling Heights police.

Police believe the incident occurred around 3 a.m. on northbound Mound, a bit north of Fox Hill Drive.

“(The pedestrian) is walking in the right curb lane in the roadway of Mound, near Fox Hill. A driver from Canada driving a black Toyota Sequoia is also traveling northbound in the right curb lane,” said Sterling Heights Police Lt. Aaron Burgess.

Police are investigating what caused a Jeep to apparently careen out of control and strike two other vehicles Jan. 16, leading to the deaths of two people.

According to a police command officer, a black Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southbound on Ryan Road, north of 17 Mile Road, at approximately 11:21 a.m.

The Jeep veered left into northbound traffic at a “high rate of speed” and struck a black Lincoln MKZ’s passenger side, according to a police report. Then the Jeep reportedly rammed head-on into a white Chrysler Town and Country minivan.